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| Criterion |  UX Research Diary Study |  Engineering Goal Question Metric |  Agile ROAM Board |  Product Strategy Counter Metrics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Purposedifferent | When experiences build up over days or weeks and a single session cannot capture them, Diary Study records the course of everyday life. Recurring triggers, moods, and habits become visible this way, beyond the sharpness of memory. | Helps clarify technical problems, hypotheses, and next steps in concrete terms. It breaks a technical problem into testable parts. The result is captured as a GQM table and metric briefs. | When work needs to move between different states or columns, it makes that movement and its handoffs legible. It sorts work by value, risk, and delivery ability. The result is captured as a ROAM Board and an Owner List. | When a headline metric could mask side effects, it adds guardrail signals against unwanted outcomes. It connects customer value, product logic, and decision priorities. The result is captured as a counter-metric list and guardrail definitions. |
Complexitydifferent | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Timedifferent | 1-4 Wochen | 90-180 min | 20-40 min initial, dann laufend | 30-60 min |
Participantsdifferent | 5-20 | 3-6 | 3-15 | 2-6 |
Formatdifferent | Async | Workshop | Workshop + async | Workshop + async |
Outputdifferent | Diary Entries, Longitudinal Patterns, Experience Timeline | GQM Table, Metric Profiles | ROAM Board, Owner List | Counter Metric List, Guardrail Definitions |
Tagsno overlap | UX researchTrackingBehavior | MetricsMeasurementEngineeringAlignment | RiskAgileTrackingAlignment | MetricsMeasurementStrategyExperiments |